What does it mean to call a movie “Altmanesque”? For critic Sean Fennessey, host of “The Big Picture” podcast, the term stands for “the undoing of everything we expect from a Hollywood movie.” In the following introduction, Fennessey explores Altman’s early roots in television, his innovative use...

Friends of Robert and Kathryn Altman reminisce about their unique New York home.

The following introduction by Mark Harris, author of “Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood,” was recorded in 2024

Get to know Hong Kong action legend Sammo Hung, who put his own stamp on martial-arts cinema both in front of and behind the camera. In the following interview, recorded in 2024, Hung revisits his training at the China Drama Academy, reflects his early work as a stunt performer for King Hu, and e...

In the following conversation, recorded remotely in 2020, filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster discuss the mission, evolution, and ongoing work of The Film Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and preserving motion-picture history that Scorsese established in 1990.

Get to know body-horror master David Cronenberg, the director of THE SHROUDS. In the following interview, Cronenberg discusses his vision of the body’s inseparable unity with the mind, how personal grief informed his latest film, the appeal of conspiracy theories, and the role of longtime collabo...

From Shakespeare to SUCCESSION, Scottish actor Brian Cox has carved out a distinguished, six-decade-plus career on both stage and screen, along the way winning two Olivier Awards, an Emmy, and a Golden Globe. In this edition of the Craft of Acting, Cox sits down with writer Issac Butler ("The Met...

This new interview with filmmaker Bette Gordon was recorded in 2020.

This conversation between series curator Michael Koresky and director Jane Schoenbrun was recorded in 2025.

Get to know Tim Blake Nelson, whose versatile directing career has run in parallel to his acclaimed acting work. In the following interview, Nelson discusses a transformative early encounter with the films of Sergio Leone, his experiences learning from other filmmakers as an actor, and his motiva...

This interview with director Payal Kapadia was recorded in 2024.

The following interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith was recorded in 2024.

This interview with filmmaker Wim Wenders was recorded in 2024.

This program with critic Imogen Sara Smith was recorded in 2024.

The following interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith was recorded in 2020.